A Safe Place for Men to Be Vulnerable

Real Money with Lisa Chastain · Oct 29, 2026 · 51m

My husband, Jimmy, and I talk about what a safe place for a man to be vulnerable requires, and why so many men never find one. He grew up hearing that grown men do not cry, spent more than thirty years in construction where there was no room for feelings, and describes the years of destructive anger that followed. He also describes the men in his life who showed him how to be open, because none of this happened on his own. That matters most for what we want our boys to learn: that it is okay to be vulnerable, frustrated, and happy. If you love a man who handles everything and says very…